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Silver Streak offers runners sweet relief
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Posted on May 17 2005
As experienced runners and weekend warriors pencil in the date of next month’s 12th Annual Tom Picarro Memorial Fun Run, they will have a little extra incentive to participate in the prize department.
As runners gather outside of the DFS Garapan Galleria on Saturday, June 18, for the Silver Streak, they will get an added bonus of a DFS water bottle before they travel south to Quartermaster Road, turn around at the tank, and return to the Galleria in memory of the former president of DFS Saipan and avid runner, P. Thomas Picarro. The 4.2-mile fun run follows one of the favorite practice courses of the silver-haired man that used to wave at everyone as they drove by.
Even the newest runners can take comfort of the journey to the tanks and back as there will be two water stops along the way. According to race organizer Wolf Mojica, the first will be roughly one mile into the course, and the second will be at the turn-around.
There will be a $5 registration fee, and all of the proceeds will be given to the Guma Esperanza. There will be several age divisions and prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place as well as first place over all men and woman. T-shirts will be given to the first 175 finishers, and according to Mojica, racers will have their work cut out for them.
“We’re expecting around 200 entrants, but we’d like to have more,” he said.
Race check in will be at 5am at the taxi entrance of the Galleria on the day of the race, and runners should get there early to ensure that they have enough time to sign in.
“It’s a 5 o’clock show and a 6 o’clock go,” said Mojica.
Registration forms can be picked up at DFS Saipan Limited head office on the second floor of the Galleria between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday through Friday, in the boutique offices from 9am to 9pm, daily, or at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym in Oleai.
For further information call Mojica at 234-6615, ext. 540.
